Fact-Checkers' Toolkit
A summary of information that may or may not be accurate, gathered from specific websites by a search engine.
What is AI overview?
False and misleading information created or shared by mistake, without the intent to mislead.
What is misinformation?
Favouring information because it aligns with your existing views.
What is confirmation bias?
A visual accompanying an article.
What is image?
Website with domains ending in .org, .edu, .gov, .gov.au
What is restricted domain?
Large Language Models generating confident output that is factually incorrect, irrelevant, or entirely fabricated.
What is AI hallucination?
False and misleading information created or shared to deliberately mislead people.
What is disinformation?
When people surround themselves with only one type of opinion.
What is echo chamber?
Repeating claims or catchy phrases to make information feel more familiar and believable.
What is repetition?
Websites with domains ending in .com or .net
What is public domain?
Instead of staying on a single page to read about a claim, the habit of opening new tabs to check what other reliable sources say about it is called this.
What is lateral reading?
Information based in fact that is manipulated, presented out of context, or shared to deliberately cause harm.
What is malinformation?
An idea that goes viral throughout a culture and changes over time, often seen as picture and text based images on social media.
What is meme?
A technique that cites an expert, source, celebrity, or evidence to legitimise a claim or opinion.
What is appeal to authority?
Trustworthy publishers specialising in current affairs.
What is reputable news?
The four-step lateral reading strategy to evaluate whether information online is real or fake.
What is SIFT?
AI generated videos, audio, or images to realistically impersonate, alter, or fabricate a person.
What is deepfake?
The circumstances in which people are more likely to accept an argument based on emotions and beliefs, rather than facts.
What is post-truth?
An exaggerated, over the top statement that makes an issue or problem seem far more serious than it is.
What is hyperbole?
An acronym used to determine if a source is reliable or not.
What is CRAAP Criteria?
Language designed to provoke a strong reaction to increase engagement.
What is emotional triggers?
"Joke" news sites that are intended to parody real news sites and events.
What is satire?
The use of coded or suggestive language in political messaging to garner support from a particular group without provoking opposition.
What is dog whistle?
Presenting only two choices when many other options exist.
What is false dichotomy?
Research that has been conducted, reviewed, and verified by a university or other educational publisher.
What is academic research?